Are Customer Reward Programs Really Rewarding?

The concept of a customer loyalty program can be traced back over 300 years when merchants would give customers wooden coins in return for their patronage. Two points are clear: Customer reward loyalty programs are prevalent and costly aspects of most hospitality firms’ marketing strategy. From an academic viewpoint our understanding of the theoretical drivers of these programs is muddled and confused. That is, despite many years of existence there is scant research suggesting the underlying theoretical logic of a program. In this paper, we briefly review the current reward program landscape suggesting that the overwhelming presence of reward programs has shifted the consumer emphasis from a reward to an expectation. The implications for future research and program management emerge from this social norm expectation of a program are presented. The paper concludes with a call for collaborative interaction between academics and senior firm management to help further our understanding of this significant, expensive and seemingly necessary business offering

Are Nonprofits Choosing the Right Type of Website

The authors review the issues confronting nonprofit organizations and describe the types of websites to consider by size of the organization and focus of the organization. An analysis is done on an initial population of 609 organizations. The managerial implications address possible ways to optimize the use of resources for small and larger organizations

Dave Kindred

This record relates to the full unedited interview with Dave Kindred, conducted by The Muhammad Ali Film Project LLC (d/b/a Florentine Films) for their documentary entitled Muhammad Ali. The film and transcript are not accessible online but may provided for on-campus use and in the archives per licensing agreement with Florentine Films. Contact [email protected] for access

The Uphill Battles for Non-Profit Organizations

As all nonprofit managers can attest, reaching out to potential customers using traditional marketing tools can often be frustrating at best and ineffective at worst. To better understand the challenges faced by nonprofit organizations this paper reviews several specific issues confronting nonprofit organizations: the adoption rate of websites, and the website types chosen by these nonprofits. These issues are explored through the lens of 3117 nonprofit organizations. The types of websites to consider by size of the organization and focus of the organization are discussed. The managerial implications address possible ways to optimize the use of resources for small and large organizations

Choice Architecture and Marketing Pre-Suasion: The Case of the Motorcycle Industry

In this analysis, we examine the motorcycle industry in terms of Cialdini’s concept of Pre- Suasion. We use the chapter titles from the book to explore how these concepts could or should help the motorcycle industry adapt to shifts in its markets, shifts that are both demographic and cultural. In the process, we also explore ideas like product gentrification and choice architecture, ideas at the heart of the motorcycle marketing problem. We conclude that motorcycle promotions and messaging lack traction with younger buyers. We close with an extensive list of questions calling for further research

Moral Foundation Theory and Marketing

In setting the stage for Moral Foundations Theory (MFT), Jon Haidt (2004) identified five foundations of intuitive ethics: 1) harm/care; 2) fairness/reciprocity; 3) ingroup/loyalty; 4) authority/respect; 5) and purity/sanctity. Each foundation could have implications for the content of marketing messages, but this research is the first attempt to test those implications in specific markets with specific products. This research explores the practical, promotional uses of John Haidt’s Moral Foundation Theory. Haidt’s work shows a strong relationship between his moral foundations and political orientation. Since marketers can readily get political data at the county level in the United States, these foundations offer some guidance for crafting promotional messages

Tracing, Security, and Safety: The Problem with Wild-Caught Seafood Supply Chains

This article explores the difficulties associated with long, complex, supply chains in seafood markets. It does a brief literature review, discusses some of the issues raised by the long supply chain, and then compares one long seafood supply chain to a short, problematic supply chain

The Application of Kahneman’s Concepts to Marketing Police in Ontario, Canada

Marketing concepts are rarely applied to policing, although for most modern societies it is an essential function and part of the social contract between governments at all levels and the publics they serve. In this paper, we look specifically at how marketing concepts apply to policing in Ontario, Canada. We frame our examination with concepts like the halo effect, the availability effect, and other ideas outlined by Kahneman (2013)

Supply Chain Resilience and Agility During COVID19: The Case of Automobile Manufacturing

In this paper, we examine disruptions in the automobile manufacturing supply chain that resulted from the COVID19 pandemic. We explore the relationships between organizational resilience and agility and supply chain resilience and agility. We frame this exploration in terms of rare earth elements (REEs) and microchips, supplies that come from Tier 3 and Tier 4 in the automobile supply chain. We look at some adaptations made by Volkswagen to adapt to these disruptions but note that organizational resilience and adaptation does not always result in supply chain adaptation

Small Business Issue: “how do we avoid the speed trap and not get hit by the speeders?”

The authors examine the use of online panels, the assumptions that are being made, and the dangers of those assumptions for small business. Specifically, the authors investigate the existence and possible effects of speeders. They conclude with a discussion of the implications and how to avoid falling into the traps that this problem may create